Role of Internal Audit in Conduct Risk and the MeToo Movement
Given what has occurred in media and financial companies, and the MeToo movement, what are Internal Audit’s roles and responsibilities in conduct risk? Why are internal controls so lacking? What causes human resources to be captured and ineffective? What are best internal behavioural control practices to detect, deter, and encourage reporting of toxicity, bullying, and sexual misconduct? What interface must Internal Audit have with the Audit Committee and Board of Directors with conduct risk, in order to be effective?Join corporate governance expert, Dr Richard Leblanc, to canvass best practices for mitigating conduct risk based on work with regulators, significant board and internal audit failure, and pitfalls, red flags and takeaways.